13 Best Hair Gels

Hair gel is one of the most versatile products in your beauty arsenal. Our readers rank their 13 favorite gels

We love hair gel because it's such a versatile product. Use it on straight hair to add dimension and shine. Apply some to your natural curls to boost volume and keep frizz in check. But if you choose the wrong hair gel, you'll be stuck with a crunchy, greasy mess that smells like alcohol or bad perfume to boot. We're here to eliminate the trial-and-error process for you. Click through for 13 of our readers' top-rated hair gels.

Curly hair girls use all types of gels. I try use products without silicones and sulfates. That is what this article is missing. Actually I think that is what needs to be added to all of the products "an ingredients list". For all the products I have to do a search online for the ingredients which is time consuming. Since I started avoiding products with these ingredients my hair has transformed to more manageable and healthier.

I think the hair that would benefit the most from a hair gel, is a short spikey cut or maybe even a pixie. I have shoulder length fine and thin hair and gel doesn't give me the soft, touchable feel compared to say - mousse. I admit, I do use a spray gel, but only at the roots to give my hair more volume. I've tried a gel recently, I think it's called SAMY curling gel. It's supposed to give you "great curls". Only it doesn't. It didn't do anything for my hair. I have a natural wave so I can wear it curly or straight. But even for the curls, I prefer to use a mousse for body and hold.